Alcoa of Australia representatives made an appearance in Mandurah Magistrates Court on Friday.
The company is facing a charge of failing to provide and maintain a working environment at a mine where employees are not exposed to hazards.
The charge relates to an incident where an Alcoa employee sustained severe burns after being engulfed in caustic liquid.
The incident is understood to have happened at Alcoa’s Pinjarra refinery.
The company is yet to plead to the charge despite an expectation one would be entered this week.
Counsel for Alcoa said she had no indication of a plea at this stage and requested a remand for another month.
The matter was last before Mandurah court in April.
The representative said Alcoa was still seeking advice on the matter, with options needing to presented to senior management both in Australia, and in the United States.
The prosecution objected to the further remand, saying there had been no explanation from Alcoa for the delay in pleading to the charge.
“At some point the adjournments have to end and a plea has to be entered,” the prosecutor said.
Magistrate Vivien Edwards granted the further remand, saying to expect a plea at the next appearance was to place undue pressure on Alcoa.
She indicated a plea would be expected following any subsequent remand.
Ms Edwards also granted a transfer application which will mean the next appearance by Alcoa will take place in Perth.
In November 2014, the mining giant was fined $68,000 in Perth Magistrates Court in relation to the death of an Erskine man.
Paul Fry died after falling while high-pressure cleaning at the Wagerup refinery in September 2009.
The father-of-three was employed by Alcoa contractor Transpacific Industrial Solutions (TIS).
Alcoa pleaded guilty to failing to provide and maintain a working environment in which its employees were not exposed to hazards.
The company was also ordered to pay $5000 in costs.
Alcoa will next face Perth Magistrates Court on July 18.
